DCCC trumps NRCC for ‘13

The fundraising arm of House Democrats beat its Republican counterpart by more than $15 million in 2013, according to totals released this week.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced this week a record-breaking $75.8 million year. That’s significantly higher than the $60.6 million raised by the National Republican Congressional Committee.

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House Democrats are also in a stronger cash position going into 2014. The DCCC has $29.3 million cash on hand — more than $8 million ahead of the NRCC’s $21 million.

“Our substantial fundraising lead is the result of one major dynamic: Americans are ready to replace this broken Republican Congress with leaders who have the right priorities and who will focus on solving problems,” said DCCC chairman Steve Israel.

On the outside group front, a super PAC dedicated to electing Democrats to the House also outraised a similar Republican group.

House Majority PAC — led by former DCCC deputy director Ali Lapp — took in $7.5 million on 2013. The Congressional Leadership Fund — a super PAC that performs a similar role on the right — took in just shy of $1.1 million on the year.

Charlie Spies — a campaign finance attorney who serves as a senior adviser to the Congressional Leadership Fund — told POLITICO Friday that top GOP donors were not convinced that Democrats posed a serious challenge to their 17-seat House majority.

“The most striking disparity so far in numbers is between Democrat and Republican groups focused on the House. The main challenge with donors on the Republicans side is that donors simply don’t believe our House majority is in jeopardy. If this trend continues, however, and Democrats continue to raise significantly more than Republicans, that alone could make November competitive,” Spies said.

The NRCC’s fundraising numbers were first reported by The Hill on Friday.